Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [325]
1 : to sail about touching at a series of ports
2 : to travel for enjoyment
3 : to travel about the streets at random
4 : to travel at the most efficient operating speed 2cruise noun : an act or an instance of cruising; especially : a tour by ship Synonyms crossing, passage, sail, voyage—more at SAIL cruis·er noun 1 : SQUAD CAR 2 : a large fast moderately armored and gunned warship 3 : a motorboat equipped for living aboard crul·ler noun 1 : a small sweet cake in the form of a twisted strip fried in deep fat 2 Northern & Midland : an unraised doughnut 1crumb noun 1 : a small fragment 2 : a small piece or quantity of some material thing Synonyms [1, 2] atom, bit, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, speck, tittle 2crumb verb 1 : to break into crumbs 2 : to cover with crumbs crum·ble verb crum·bled; crum·bling 1 : to break into small pieces : DISINTEGRATE 2 : to break down completely crum·bly adjective : easily crumbled Synonyms crisp, flaky, friable, short—more at CRISP crum·my also crumby adjective crum·mi·er also crumb·i·er; -est : very poor or inferior : LOUSY crum·pet noun : a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle crum·ple verb crum·pled; crum·pling 1 : to crush together : RUMPLE 2 : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure : COLLAPSE Synonyms [1] crinkle, rumple, wrinkle; also corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, furrow, pleat; ripple, ruffle; disarrange, jumble, mess (up), muss (up) Antonyms iron out, smooth [2] cave, collapse, give, go, yield—more at COLLAPSE 1crunch verb 1 : to chew with a grinding noise 2 : to grind or press with a crushing noise Synonyms usually crunch on [1] bite, champ, chew, chomp, gnaw, nibble [2] gnash, grate, grind, grit, scrape—more at GRIND 2crunch noun 1 : an act of or a sound made by crunching 2 : a tight or critical situation — crunchy adjective Synonyms clutch, crisis, emergency, head, juncture—more at EMERGENCY cru·sade noun 1 cap : any of the expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries undertaken by Christian countries to take the Holy Land from the Muslims 2 : a reforming enterprise undertaken with zeal — crusade verb Synonyms bandwagon, campaign, cause, drive, movement—more at CAMPAIGN cru·sad·er noun : one engaged in a crusade Synonyms fanatic, militant, partisan, zealot—more at ZEALOT cruse noun : a jar for water or oil 1crush verb 1 : to squeeze out of shape 2 : HUG, EMBRACE 3 : to grind or pound to small bits 4 : to suppress or overwhelm as if by pressure or weight : SUPPRESS 5 : to subdue completely Synonyms [1] mash, squash; also press, squeeze; beat, pound, powder, pulverize [3] atomize, grind, powder, pulverize—more at POWDER [4, 5] clamp down, crack down, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, snuff, squash, squelch, subdue, suppress—more at QUELL [4, 5] carry away, devastate, floor, oppress, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, snow under, swamp—more at OVERWHELM 2crush noun 1 : an act of crushing 2 : a violent crowding 3 : INFATUATION Synonyms army, crowd, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, swarm, throng—more at CROWD crust noun 1 : the outside part of bread; also : a piece of old dry bread 2 : the cover of a pie 3 : a hard surface layer — crust·al adjective crus·ta·cean noun : any of a large class of mostly aquatic arthropods (as lobsters or crabs) having a firm crustlike shell — crustacean adjective crusty adjective crust·i·er; -est 1 : having or being a crust 2 : giving an effect of surly incivility in address or disposition : CROSS, GRUMPY crutch noun : a supporting device; especially : a support fitting under the armpit for use by the disabled in walking crux noun, plural crux·es 1 : a puzzling or difficult problem 2 : a crucial point Synonyms core, gist, heart, nub, pith, pivot; also course,